District of Columbia Home Rule Improvement Act

This bill changes how Congress reviews laws and actions from the District of Columbia. It sets one standard rule: Congress gets 60 days to review any D.C. law. It also clarifies the fast-track steps Congress can use to consider a vote to block a D.C. law. And it lets Congress use that vote to block parts of a law, as well as D.C. executive orders and regulations, not just whole laws, according to the bill’s official title.

Key points

• Who is affected: People in D.C., the D.C. Council and Mayor, and Congress.
• What changes: A uniform 60-day review period for every D.C. law; clearer, faster steps for Congress to consider blocking a D.C. law; and the ability to block specific parts of a law and D.C. executive orders and regulations.
• Timing: Congress would have 60 days to review each D.C. law.